Project Safe Childhood (PSC) is a Department of Justice initiative launched in 2006 that aims to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation crimes against children. The threat of sexual predators soliciting children for physical sexual contact is well-known and serious; the danger of perpetrators who produce, distribute, and possess child pornography is equally dramatic and disturbing.

Project Ceasefire, the Project Safe Neighborhoods initiative in the Kansas City and Springfield, Mo., areas, is recognized nationally as being not only one of the first anti-gun violence programs, but one of the most successful.

The Human Trafficking Rescue Project (HTRP) is comprised of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies as well as non-government organizations that provide necessary services for victims of human trafficking.

Victims of crime may experience feelings of confusion, frustration, fear and anger. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Missouri and the Victim Assistance Unit is dedicated to making sure that victims of federal crimes and their family members are treated with compassion, fairness and respect.